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see into prehodni glagol
pojasniti, razčistiti, preučiti, preštudirati, temeljito pregledati; spoznati, spregledati (kaj), prodreti (v kaj), jasno videti

I must see into it to moram razčistiti, o tem si moram biti na jasnem

see through prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
jasno videti, spregledati (namere kake osebe itd.); pomagati (komu) iz težkega položaja, iz težav, da uspe

to see a thing through ne pustiti nekega dela, dokler ni končano, vzdržati, vztrajati do konca; do konca izvesti

shine^*2 [šáin]

1. neprehodni glagol
sijati, svetiti (upon na)
blesteti, svetiti se, izsevati, žareti (out, forth)
jasno se kazati; briljirati, izkazati se, odlikovati se

2. prehodni glagol
osvetljevati, (o)čistiti (da se sveti), (na)loščiti

shining faces sijoči, žareči obrazi
to shine shoes čistiti, loščiti čevlje
he did not shine in society ni blestel v družbi
to shine with gratitude sijati od hvaležnosti

speak out neprehodni glagol
glasno in jasno govoriti; odkrito povedati, brez premišljevanja; pokazati se
prehodni glagol
izraziti, izjaviti, izpovedati

speak up neprehodni glagol
glasno in jasno govoriti, povzdigniti glas; odkrito, brez oklevanja ali strahu govoriti (povedati); zavzeti se (for za)

speak up! na dan z besedo!
he spoke up for her potegnil (zavzel) se je zanjo

state⁴ [stéit] prehodni glagol
določiti; potrditi; dognati, ugotoviti; trditi, navesti, izjaviti; pojasniti, jasno razložiti, specificirati; omeniti, pripomniti
matematika izraziti (problem) z matematičnimi simboli

at the stated time ob določenem času
to state an account specificirati račun
he did not state his opinion on the matter ni dal svojega mnenja o tej stvari
it was officially stated that... uradno je bilo potrjeno, da...
to state a rule postaviti pravilo
to state the reason why navesti razlog, zakaj

syllable [síləbl]

1. samostalnik
zlog
figurativno glas, besedica

not a syllable! niti besede! ne govori! molči!
not to breathe (to tell) a syllable besede ne reči (črhniti)

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
jasno izgovarjati (besedo) zlog za zlogom
poetično jecljati

three-syllabled trizložen

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

alive² [əláiv] pridevnik
živ, živahen
elektrika pod napetostjo; veljaven; dovzeten; zavesten; produktiven

are you alive to what is going on? veste, kaj se dogaja?
to be fully alive to s.th. jasno se česa zavedati
to be alive with mrgoleti česa
alive and kicking živahen
man alive! človek božji!
there's no man alive who can... nihče na svetu ne more...
he was alive to the advantage spoznal je korist

brass² [bra:s] pridevnik
medeninast, bronast
figurativno predrzen, izzivalen, trmast

brass band godba na pihala
to get down to brass tacks (ali nails) jasno se izraziti
not worth a brass farthing niti počenega groša vreden
not to care a brass farthing toliko se meniti kakor za lanski sneg
to part brass rags spreti se
brass works livarna bakra

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

coco(a)nut [kóukənʌt] samostalnik
kokosov oreh
vulgarno buča, butica

to have no milk in the coco(a)nut biti prismojen
hudomušno that accounts for the milk in the coco(a)nut sedaj mi je vse jasno

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

convey [kənvéi] prehodni glagol (to)
poslati, prenesti, prepeljati, prevažati; izraziti, sporočiti; izročiti

to convey compliments sporočiti pozdrave
to convey one's meaning clearly jasno se izraziti
to convey by water poslati z ladjo

cross⁴ [krɔs]

1. prehodni glagol
križati; prekrižati, narediti znak križa; prečrtati
figurativno preprečiti; onemogočiti, pokvariti komu račune; prečkati; prepeljati; zajahati (konja)

2. neprehodni glagol
poprek ležati; križati se; preiti; prepeljati se; srečati se

to be crossed in love biti nesrečno zaljubljen
to cross the cudgels vdati se
it crossed my mind domislil sem se
to cross the palm podkupiti, dati napitnino
figurativno to dot the i's and cross the t's jasno se izražati; nadrobnosti navesti; loviti pičice na i
to cross s.o.'s hand with a piece of money stisniti komu denar v roko
to cross the Styx umreti
to cross the floor prestopiti k drugi stranki
to cross the path of s.o. srečati koga; figurativno zastaviti komu pot

dán day; (dnevna svetloba, luč) daylight, daytime; (svetloba) light

dober dán! (zjutraj) good morning!, (popoldne) good afternoon!, (splošno) how do you do!, pogovorno hallo!, hullo!, ZDA hello, (pri poslovitvi) good day!, pogovorno see you!, be seeing you!; see you later!
deloven dán working day, weekday
črn dán figurativno a black day, a dark day, an unfortunate day
materinski dán Mother's Day
novoletni dán New Year's Day
beli dán broad daylight
plačilni dán payday
postni dán fast day
prazničen dán holiday
pasji dnevi dog days pl
prosti dán day off, (brez pouka) day off school
rojstni dán birthday
srečen dán a red-letter day
sodni dán the Last Day, Judgment Day, Day of Judgment, Doomsday
davni dnevi bygone days, arhaično day of yore
spominski dán Remembrance Day (11. november)
z dne 3. maja dated May 3rd
čez dán (podnevi) in the daytime; during the day, by daylight, by day
dán za dnem day by day
drugi (naslednji) dán next day, the day after
do današnjega dne to the preent day
od dneva do dneva from day to day
čez nekaj dni in a day or two
enega teh dni, te dni enkrat one of these days
dvakrat na dán twice a day
pri belem dnevu in broad daylight
lepega dne one fine day
oni dán (zadnjič) the other day
še oni dán only the other day
še isti dán that very day
od tega dne dalje from this day forth
par dni a couple of days
ta ali oni dán one day or another
svoj živi dán in all my born days, in my lifetime
nekega dne one day, (za prihodnost) some day
pred tremi dnevi three days ago
dán poprej the day before, the day beforehand
teden dni (7 dni) a week
danes teden dni this day week, (pred tednom dni) a week ago
14 dni (2 tedna) a fortnight, two weeks
čez 14 dni in a fortnight
vsak dán every day, daily
vsak drugi dán every other (ali second) day
vsakih pet dni every five days
ves dán all day long, for the whole of the day
ves ljubi božji dán the livelong day
za nekaj dni for a few days
prejšnji dán the previous (ali preceding) day
ki traja ves dán daylong
na dán z besedo! speak out!, out with it!
to je jasno kot beli dán it's as clear as daylight, it's as plain as a pikestaff
biti različen kot noč in dán to be as different as chalk and cheese
béli dán je it is broad daylight
dobiti prost dán to be allowed a day off
ni še vseh dni konec we have not seen the last of it yet
prinesti, spraviti na dán to bring to light
prinesti stvar na dán to broach a matter
sedaj prihaja na dán it now transpires
priti na dán to come to light, to transpire, to leak out, to become known, ZDA to develop
prinesti na dán svoje težave to air one's troubles
ko napoči dán at daybreak, at dawn
za vsakega pride njegov dán every dog has his day
sanja se ti pri belem dnevu you're day-dreaming
svoj živi dán nisem videl... I have never seen in all my born days (ali in my lifetime)...
dnevi so mu šteti his days are numbered
zagledati dán (luč sveta) to be born, to come to light, to come out
določiti dán to fix a day
voščiti dober dán to bid someone good day, zastarelo to give someone the time of day
bil je 2 dni prepozen he was two days late
delati noč in dán to work day and night
ne hvali dneva pred nočjo do not praise the day before it is over; laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper

daylight [déilait] samostalnik
dnevna svetloba, razsvit, svitanje

to burn daylight zapravljati čas
sleng to let (ali admit) daylight into s.o. ustreliti ali zabosti koga
ameriško daylight saving time poletni čas
to see daylight doumeti, razumeti; rešiti vprašanje
as clear as daylight jasno ko beli dan
in broad daylight pri belem dnevu

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

dovólj enough; sufficiently

dovólj časa enough time
več kot dovólj more than enough, enough and to spare
dovólj mi je tega I've had enough of it
to je dovólj jasno za vsakogar anyone can see that, it's as plain as a pikestaff
ni dovólj močan za svoje delo he is not strong enough for his work
boste imeli dovólj 2 kg? will two kilos be enough (ali pogovorno do)?
dovólj sem ga videl (pogovorno) I have seen enough of him
dovólj mi je tega življenja! I'm sick of this life
dovólj bodi, da (če) rečem... suffice it to say...
dovólj je! that's enough!, that will do!
dovólj! Enough!; Stop!
dovólj o tem, govorimo o čem drugem! enough of that, let's change the subject!

edge¹ [edž] samostalnik
rob, greben; meja; ostrina; osornost, moč, strogost
množina obreza (knjige)
ameriško, pogovorno prednost, privilegij

to be on the very edge pravkar nameravati
to give an edge to, to put on an edge ostriti
to give the edge of one's tongue ostro komu povedati, zabrusiti jih komu
to have an edge biti okajen
to have an edge on s.o. imeti neznatno prednost pred kom
(all) on edge skrajno napet, živčen
not to put a fine edge upon jasno se izražati, odkrito povedati
to set one's teeth on edge skominati
to sit on the thin edge of nothing sedeti na skrajno tesnem prostorčku
to take off the edge otopiti
to take the edge off one's appetite pokvariti komu tek
the thin edge of the wedge skromen začetek
gilt edges zlata obreza knjige